FaultScore
See all results →
All makes Worst years, ranked Problems by part Analysis Problems by model year Recalls in Canada Recall lookup Compare two cars How we grade

FaultScore report

2013 Vanguard DRY Freight VAN Trailer problems

Owners have filed 59 complaints about the 2013 Vanguard DRY Freight VAN Trailer with NHTSA between 2019 and 2019. The largest single group is the body & structure. Across this model's run it ranks 1 of 3 worst.

Read the complaints What breaks Worst years for the Vanguard DRY Freight VAN Trailer All 2013 cars
C

FaultScore 46/100

Higher is worse. Measured against the other years of the Vanguard DRY Freight VAN Trailer.

How this is worked out

The numbers

59

Complaints

0

Crashes reported

0

Fires reported

0

Injuries reported

What kind of bad

The letter says how bad. This says what kind — whether this year drew an unusual number of complaints, unusually dangerous ones, or failures that arrived unusually early.

Complaint volume 73 vs 50 Severity 0 vs 50 Early failure not reported
The dashed ring is 50 — the national norm. Further out is worse.
Complaint volume — 73
Against the median year of the Vanguard DRY Freight VAN Trailer. 50 means typical for this model; 100 means roughly double.
Severity — 0
0% of these complaints involved a crash, fire, injury or death, against a national rate of 9.7%.
Early failure — not reported
Too few complaints recorded a mileage to measure this.

How 2013 compares with every other Vanguard DRY Freight VAN Trailer

Click any bar to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks on a 2013 Vanguard DRY Freight VAN Trailer

Every complaint is filed against a part. Follow any row for the complaints about that part alone.

Body & Structure 59 100.0%

Exactly what failed

NHTSA files every complaint against a named sub-assembly, not just a system. This is the difference between knowing it was "the engine" and knowing which part of it — the list to hand a mechanic.

Body 59 100.0%

The most recent complaints

In the owners' own words, exactly as filed with NHTSA.

Lavergne, TN

STRUCTURE:BODY

PANELS DEFECTIVE SHOWING PITTING AROUND RIVETS. BOWING PROBABLE. ISSUE HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED BY VANGUARD.

NHTSA complaint #11194889 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Lavergne, TN

STRUCTURE:BODY

PANELS DEFECTIVE SHOWING PITTING AROUND RIVETS. BOWING PROBABLE. ISSUE HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED BY VANGUARD.

NHTSA complaint #11194890 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Lavergne, TN

STRUCTURE:BODY

PANELS DEFECTIVE SHOWING PITTING AROUND RIVETS. BOWING PROBABLE. ISSUE HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED BY VANGUARD.

NHTSA complaint #11194892 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Lavergne, TN

STRUCTURE:BODY

PANELS DEFECTIVE SHOWING PITTING AROUND RIVETS. BOWING PROBABLE. ISSUE HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED BY VANGUARD.

NHTSA complaint #11194894 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Lavergne, TN

STRUCTURE:BODY

PANELS DEFECTIVE SHOWING PITTING AROUND RIVETS. BOWING PROBABLE. ISSUE HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED BY VANGUARD.

NHTSA complaint #11194897 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Lavergne, TN

STRUCTURE:BODY

PANELS DEFECTIVE SHOWING PITTING AROUND RIVETS. BOWING PROBABLE. ISSUE HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED BY VANGUARD.

NHTSA complaint #11194900 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Lavergne, TN

STRUCTURE:BODY

PANELS DEFECTIVE SHOWING PITTING AROUND RIVETS. BOWING PROBABLE. ISSUE HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED BY VANGUARD.

NHTSA complaint #11194901 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Lavergne, TN

STRUCTURE:BODY

PANELS DEFECTIVE SHOWING PITTING AROUND RIVETS. BOWING PROBABLE. ISSUE HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED BY VANGUARD.

NHTSA complaint #11194902 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Lavergne, TN

STRUCTURE:BODY

PANELS DEFECTIVE SHOWING PITTING AROUND RIVETS. BOWING PROBABLE. ISSUE HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED BY VANGUARD.

NHTSA complaint #11194903 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Lavergne, TN

STRUCTURE:BODY

PANELS DEFECTIVE SHOWING PITTING AROUND RIVETS. BOWING PROBABLE. ISSUE HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED BY VANGUARD.

NHTSA complaint #11194942 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Lavergne, TN

STRUCTURE:BODY

PANELS DEFECTIVE SHOWING PITTING AROUND RIVETS. BOWING PROBABLE. ISSUE HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED BY VANGUARD.

NHTSA complaint #11194944 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Lavergne, TN

STRUCTURE:BODY

PANELS DEFECTIVE SHOWING PITTING AROUND RIVETS. BOWING PROBABLE. ISSUE HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED BY VANGUARD.

NHTSA complaint #11194947 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Lavergne, TN

STRUCTURE:BODY

PANELS DEFECTIVE SHOWING PITTING AROUND RIVETS. BOWING PROBABLE. ISSUE HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED BY VANGUARD.

NHTSA complaint #11194949 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Lavergne, TN

STRUCTURE:BODY

PANELS DEFECTIVE SHOWING PITTING AROUND RIVETS. BOWING PROBABLE. ISSUE HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED BY VANGUARD.

NHTSA complaint #11194951 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Lavergne, TN

STRUCTURE:BODY

PANELS DEFECTIVE SHOWING PITTING AROUND RIVETS. BOWING PROBABLE. ISSUE HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED BY VANGUARD.

NHTSA complaint #11194956 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Lavergne, TN

STRUCTURE:BODY

PANELS DEFECTIVE SHOWING PITTING AROUND RIVETS. BOWING PROBABLE. ISSUE HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED BY VANGUARD.

NHTSA complaint #11194952 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Lavergne, TN

STRUCTURE:BODY

PANELS DEFECTIVE SHOWING PITTING AROUND RIVETS. BOWING PROBABLE. ISSUE HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED BY VANGUARD.

NHTSA complaint #11194592 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Lavergne, TN

STRUCTURE:BODY

PANELS DEFECTIVE SHOWING PITTING AROUND RIVETS. BOWING PROBABLE. ISSUE HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED BY VANGUARD.

NHTSA complaint #11194594 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Lavergne, TN

STRUCTURE:BODY

PANELS DEFECTIVE SHOWING PITTING AROUND RIVETS. BOWING PROBABLE. ISSUE HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED BY VANGUARD.

NHTSA complaint #11194598 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Lavergne, TN

STRUCTURE:BODY

PANELS DEFECTIVE SHOWING PITTING AROUND RIVETS. BOWING PROBABLE. ISSUE HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED BY VANGUARD.

NHTSA complaint #11194599 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Lavergne, TN

STRUCTURE:BODY

PANELS DEFECTIVE SHOWING PITTING AROUND RIVETS. BOWING PROBABLE. ISSUE HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED BY VANGUARD.

NHTSA complaint #11194603 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Lavergne, TN

STRUCTURE:BODY

PANELS DEFECTIVE SHOWING PITTING AROUND RIVETS. BOWING PROBABLE. ISSUE HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED BY VANGUARD.

NHTSA complaint #11194605 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Lavergne, TN

STRUCTURE:BODY

PANELS DEFECTIVE SHOWING PITTING AROUND RIVETS. BOWING PROBABLE. ISSUE HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED BY VANGUARD.

NHTSA complaint #11194606 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Lavergne, TN

STRUCTURE:BODY

PANELS DEFECTIVE SHOWING PITTING AROUND RIVETS. BOWING PROBABLE. ISSUE HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED BY VANGUARD.

NHTSA complaint #11194608 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Lavergne, TN

STRUCTURE:BODY

PANELS DEFECTIVE SHOWING PITTING AROUND RIVETS. BOWING PROBABLE. ISSUE HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED BY VANGUARD.

NHTSA complaint #11194611 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.